2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

The 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 27 September 2024 to elect the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a 3-year term. The winner of the election, Shigeru Ishiba, became the next Prime Minister of Japan because of the LDP's majority in the National Diet and is expected to lead the party in the 2024 general election and the 2025 Japanese House of Councillors election.

Shigeru Ishiba defeated Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election.

Candidates
 Declared
The following candidates have officially declared their intention to run for the leadership: 
 Candidate(s) Date of birth Current position Party faction Electoral district Reference(s) center|x120px Yoshimasa Hayashi  Chief Cabinet Secretary Member of the House of Representatives  center|x30px Yamaguchi 3rd district center|x120px Shigeru Ishiba  Member of the House of Representatives Suigetsukai (Ishiba)  center|x30px Tottori 1st district center|x120px Yōko Kamikawa  Minister for Foreign AffairsMember of the House of Representatives  center|x30px Shizuoka 1st district center|x120px Katsunobu Katō  Member of the House of Representatives Heisei Kenkyūkai (Motegi)  center|x30px Okayama 5th district center|x120px Takayuki Kobayashi  Member of the House of Representatives  center|x30px Chiba 2nd district center|x120px Shinjirō Koizumi  Member of the House of Representatives  center|x30px Kanagawa 11th district center|x120px Taro Kono   Minister for Digital Transformation Member of the House of Representatives Shikōkai (Asō)  center|x30px Kanagawa 15th district center|x120px Toshimitsu Motegi  Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party Member of the House of Representatives Heisei Kenkyūkai (Motegi)  center|x30px Tochigi 1st district  center|x120px Sanae Takaichi   Minister of State for Economic SecurityMember of the House of Representatives  center|x30px Nara 2nd district

 Declined 
 Shigeharu Aoyama, Member of the House of Councillors (2016–present)
 Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister (2021–present), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012–2017), Member of the House of Representatives (1996–present)
 Seiko Noda, former Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate (2021–2022), former Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2017–2018), Member of the House of Representatives (1993–present) (endorsed Koizumi)
 Yūko Obuchi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2014), Member of the House of Representatives (2000–present) (endorsed Saito)
 Ken Saito, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2023–present), former Minister of Justice (2022–2023), former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2017–2018), Member of the House of Representatives (2009–present)
 Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister (2020–2021), Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012–2020), Member of the House of Representatives (1996–present), Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2006–2007) (endorsed Koizumi)

 Opinion polls 

Results
+ Full result CandidateFirst RoundSecond RoundDiet membersParty membersTotal pointsDiet membersPrefectural chaptersTotal pointsVotes%Popular votes%Allocated votes%Total votes%Votes%Votes%Total votes% Shigeru Ishiba 46 12.53% 202,558 29.12% 108 29.35% 154  20.95% 189 52.21% 26 55.32% 215  52.57% Sanae Takaichi 72 19.62%203,802 29.30% 109 29.62% 181  24.63% 173 47.79% 21 44.68% 194  47.43% Shinjirō Koizumi 75 20.44% 115,633 16.63% 61 16.58% 136  18.50%rowspan ="7" colspan="7"  Yoshimasa Hayashi 38 10.35% 52,149 7.50% 27 7.34% 65  8.84% Takayuki Kobayashi 41 11.17% 35,501 5.10% 19 5.16% 60  8.16% Toshimitsu Motegi 34 9.26% 26,081 3.75% 13 3.53% 47  6.39% Yōko Kamikawa 23 6.27% 32,899 4.73% 17 4.62% 40  5.44% Taro Kono 22 5.99% 14,971 2.15% 8 2.17% 30  4.08% Katsunobu Katō 16 4.36% 11,942 1.72% 6 1.63% 22  2.99% Total 367 100.00% 695,536 100.00% 368 100.00% 735 100.00% 362 100.00% 47 100.00% 409 100.00%

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